I have a friend who's been flying with a versaflow (basically an extremely protective air filter, cause he's in contact with an immunocompromised person). He got on a flight where they forced him to take it off... and then he caught covid from the plane.
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Their stated reason was "if the oxygen masks drop you couldn't put them on in time" despite the fact it's extremely easy to whip the thing off if you need to, about as easy as a respirator.
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and despite the chance of him or those he's in contact with possibly dying from covid being clearly greater than him dying from not getting oxygen on the plane
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With all the flights being cancelled because crews have COVID, I am beginning to think the air inside a cabin is not as healthy as they insist it is.
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Most safety comes from the fact that the air is compartmentalized, almost all air stays within little cells so you're only exposed to the air of the few people around you.
Crews spend their entire time moving between all these cells, they get small exposures to everybody!
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IMO he should sue. Not because he's likely to get compensation (it's possible but the odds aren't great), but because this will make their lawyers fear the right things instead of the wrong things, and make them more reasonable going forward.
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Wtf was their justification? Also this being United is like the least surprising thing ever
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